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player ready...An elderly man died Friday afternoon after a fire broke out in an Avondale residence on the city’s Northwest Side, authorities said.
Officers responded to calls of a fire in a basement residence in the 3000 block of West George Street just before 3 p.m., according to Chicago police.
A 75-year-old man was found unresponsive with burns to his body, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday.
The blaze was out as of 3:30 p.m., per fire officials. Grand Central area detectives were investigating. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately clear.